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15.3" 8GB RAM Apple M2 MacBook Air Laptop (2023): 512GB $1250, 256GB

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Amazon has Select 15.3" Apple M2 MacBook Air Laptops (2023) on sale below for prices starting from $1049.99. Shipping is free.

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Update: This popular deal is still available

Amazon has Select 15.3" Apple M2 MacBook Air Laptops (2023) on sale below for prices starting from $1049.99. Shipping is free.

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Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer (256GB) is $50 lower (5% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $1099.99.
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    • 1-year warranty
  • About this store:
  • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal.

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Model: Apple MacBook Air 15.3", M2 w/8-C CPU & 10-C GPU, 8GB, 256GB, Midnight, Mid 2023

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xxx4reggie
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Darn it. Any deals on the same type specs but 16gb ram?
WiseMoney8002
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8gb is enough for watching videos, daily browsering, excel, word etc.
However it is not ideal for video editing, docker or simulator/emulator based software development.
suifengls
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Is 8GB still enough nowadays in 2020s? If need to run an Android emulator.

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Quote from rocketman80 :
Seems like a decent deal
$50 less than Costco
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Any thoughts on if this will be cheaper on black Friday?
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Is 8GB still enough nowadays in 2020s? If need to run an Android emulator.
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Darn it. Any deals on the same type specs but 16gb ram?
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Quote from suifengls :
Is 8GB still enough nowadays in 2020s? If need to run an Android emulator.
If you run an Android emulator and nothing else, then it will be enough. But if you multitask and run Android emulator, then it'll slow down.
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Quote from suifengls :
Is 8GB still enough nowadays in 2020s? If need to run an Android emulator.
I mean it depends on how heavy your emulator is. I feel like the extra couple hundred bucks to future-proof it makes sense if you are doing any sort of development on it.

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Quote from pleckos :
Any thoughts on if this will be cheaper on black Friday?
I would expect BF deals to match the cheapest we have seen so far which is 50 bucks less than this deal. Then again, we might get lucky.
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8gb is enough for watching videos, daily browsering, excel, word etc.
However it is not ideal for video editing, docker or simulator/emulator based software development.
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Quote from BrightPen6966 :
I mean it depends on how heavy your emulator is. I feel like the extra couple hundred bucks to future-proof it makes sense if you are doing any sort of development on it.
Where have you seen the 16gb version for $1250? I can't find it for less than about $1350 and $300 is a hard pill to swallow for an extra 8gb. Equally as hard to swallow as $1k for the first 8gb. I do some coding with VS code now and then, post process 4k video and photoshop pics of the fam, that kind of stuff. Maybe a VM if I have the need. Mostly a bunch of browser sessions and Citrix. Can 8gb handle that or should I go to 16?

I also have a 2021 beast of a gaming rig I built that I can of course RDP when needed so I don't NEED to process 4k video on my MacBook, but coding on 13" sounds like a PITA so I'd like the 15 at least. So I'd rather have the real estate than the memory, but I don't want to be bogged down opening up 5 chrome browsers in 7 years.
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Have you noticed that we only see 8gb versions on sale? This should tell you something
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Quote from sshlyk :
Have you noticed that we only see 8gb versions on sale? This should tell you something
Amazon and other sellers are authorized to sell only the base 8 GB RAM model. Only few resellers are authorized to sell the 16 GB and other configurations. Apple has been very smart to tightly control the higher end variations, customers either have to go through apple or the few resellers who do not discount the 16 gb models.
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Amazon and other sellers are authorized to sell only the base 8 GB RAM model. Only few resellers are authorized to sell the 16 GB and other configurations. Apple has been very smart to tightly control the higher end variations, customers either have to go through apple or the few resellers who do not discount the 16 gb models.
That's not accurate. Many authorized retailers sell the 16GB, including Amazon. They are allowed to discount specific SKUs within Apple's terms. Even certain colors.
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Quote from ap360 :
Amazon and other sellers are authorized to sell only the base 8 GB RAM model. Only few resellers are authorized to sell the 16 GB and other configurations. Apple has been very smart to tightly control the higher end variations, customers either have to go through apple or the few resellers who do not discount the 16 gb models.
Yeah, and it tells you Apple wants that 8gb out of their inventory
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is there a big performance difference between 256 vs 512 gb?

256GB models of the latest 13-inch MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini also have a single NAND chip, with benchmark results showing a 30% to 50% reduction in SSD speeds compared to previous-generation models. Apple previously used two 128GB chips for 256GB Macs, but it switched to a single 256GB chip for newer models.
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